background image

Copyright ®2005-2011 Newer Technology All Rights Reserved. Newer Technology’s Limited Warranty is not transferable and subject to limitations.

Copyrights:

Copyright © 2005-2011  Newer Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a 

retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without 

the prior written consent of Newer Technology.

Changes:

The material in this document is for information only and subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made 

in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, Newer Technology assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions 

in this document, or from the use of the information contained herein. Newer Technology reserves the right to make changes or 

revisions in the product design or the product manual without reservation and without obligation to notify any person of such 

revisions and changes.

FCC Statement:

Warning! Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void the user’s authority to operate this device.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC 

Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in 

a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in 

accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference with radio communications. Operation of this equipment 

in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his 

own expense.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC 

Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equip-

ment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may 

cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular 

installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference with radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning 

the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Health And Safety Precautions:

• Use proper anti-static precautions while performing the installation of your hard drives into this drive enclosure. Failure to do so can 

cause damage to your drive mechanisms, and / or the hard drive enclosure.

• Read this User’s Guide carefully, and follow the correct procedure when setting up the device.

• Do not open your hard drive or attempt to disassemble or modify it. Never insert any metallic object into the drive to avoid any risk 

of electrical shock, fire, short-circuiting or dangerous emissions. Your hard drive contains no user-serviceable parts. If it appears to be 

malfunctioning, have it inspected by a qualified Other World Computing Technical Support representative.

• Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water, or in damp or wet conditions. Never place objects containing liquids on the 

drive, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire or personal injury.

General Use Precautions:

• Do not expose the enclosure to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 40° C (41° F to 104° F). Doing so may damage the drive 

or disfigure its casing. Avoid placing your drive near a source of heat or exposing it to sunlight (even through a window). Conversely, 

placing your drive in an environment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit.

• Always unplug the hard drive from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of 

time. Otherwise, there is an increased risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting or fire.

• Use only the power supply shipped with the device.

• Do not use the hard drive near other electrical appliances such as televisions, radios or speakers. Doing so may cause interference 

which will adversely affect the operation of the other products.

• Do not place the drive near sources of magnetic interference, such as computer displays, televisions or speakers. Magnetic interfer-

ence can affect the operation and stability of your hard drive.

• Do not place heavy objects on top of the drive.

• If you detect a problem, consult the Troubleshooting section in this manual.

• Protect your hard drive from excessive exposure to dust during use or storage. Dust can build up inside the device, increasing the 

risk of damage or malfunction.

• Other World Computing recommends the use of normal glass cleaning products to keep the high lustre finish at its finest with this 

product. Be sure not to get any moisture inside the holes and if you do, allow time to air dry before use.

 • Do not block the ventilation outlets on the rear of the drive. These help to keep your drive cool during operation. Blocking the 

ventilation outlets may cause damage to your drive and cause an increased risk of short-circuiting or fire.

R4 3/21/11 JD

NWTMANFWU2MSV3

Summary of Contents for miniStack v3

Page 1: ...Users Guide Owners Manual ...

Page 2: ......

Page 3: ...NISTACK V3 1 7 HARD DISK MODE 1 8 HUB FEATURE 4 APPENDIX 5 CUSTOMER SERVICE 5 1 BEFORE CONTACTING CUSTOMER SERVICE 5 2 CUSTOMER SERVICE HOURS OF OPERATION 2 FORMATTING 2 1 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BOOTING ON AN OLDER MACINTOSH 2 2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU PLAN ON USING YOUR DRIVE WITH A PC SYSTEM 2 3 MACINTOSH FORMATTING 2 4 REMOVING AN EXISTING GUID PARTITION 2 5 WINDOWS FORMATTING 2 6 MAC...

Page 4: ...ard Disk Drives HDD Solid State Drives SSD or Solid State Hybrid Drives Supports up to 64MB Data Buffer HDD only Supports up to 7200RPM speeds HDD only Chapter 1 Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION Newer Technology miniStack v3 Item __ Quantity miniStack V3 1 1394B FireWire 800 cable 1 USB 2 0 A to B cable 1 Power supply 1 Power cable 1 Software CD Bundle 1 User Guide Owner s Manual 1 Users Guide Owners M...

Page 5: ...ts to the miniStack v3 here using the included cable FireWire 800 1394B Ports Connect one FireWire 800 port to your computer us ing the included cable and have an extra FireWire 800 to add peripherals with eSATA Port The utmost in speed If you re trying to make your miniStack v3 the fastest it can be attach an eSATA cable not included to this port Security Slot Secure your miniStack v3 to your des...

Page 6: ...ible to the higher bandwidth FireWire 400 and 800 1394A B and even ultra fast eSATA Choose which primary interface you wish to use with your miniStack for most users this would be the FireWire connection and also the USB interface to use the hub features of the miniStack Connect both of those cables to the miniStack v3 and your computer insert the power cable and turn the power switch on The miniS...

Page 7: ...ernal drive as the start up drive you do not need to perform this procedure your new drive will work as formatted for normal external storage use and step by step instructions to do so are covered on the next pages of this manual Notes GPT GUID Partition Table To use the disk as a boot volume on an Intel based Mac or to use the disk as a non boot disk with any Mac with Mac OS X version 10 4 or lat...

Page 8: ... attached to it in this picture that would be the 640 GB Newer Technology device Click on the picture of the drive icon next to the text IMPORTANT NOTE This procedure will erase all data on your hard disk drives in the MiniStack v3 Back up any important data before proceeding Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology miniStack v3 ...

Page 9: ...e You then need to choose how many partitions you wish your Newer Technology Mini Stack v3 to have For ease of use we re selecting one partition here but of course you could select more if you wish to have multiple volumes created Simply use the pulldown menu under Volume Scheme to create more partitions Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology miniStack v3 ...

Page 10: ...ns Click Apply to finish You will be asked to confirm that you wish to format the drive agree and then after a few moments partitioning will complete and the Newer Technology MiniStack v3 volume will mount on your desktop You can quit Disk Utility you re all set Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology miniStack v3 ...

Page 11: ... your storage solution on a computer running Windows you will need to repartition and reformat using the following instructions Go to the DOS command prompt by selecting Run from the Start Menu Type in cmd in text box and hit the OK button Type diskpart and hit enter Type list disk and hit enter Type select disk x replacing x with the number of the disk you want to reformat Typically you will see ...

Page 12: ... should appear If the Wizard does not appear expand the Storage menu by clicking on the plus sign Then right click next to the disk number of the drive that you have just connected and click Initialize to bring up the Wizard In the next window there should be only one drive listed That will be the drive that you connected via eSATA FireWire or USB Make sure the box next to the drive name is checke...

Page 13: ...space and choose New Partition The New Partition Wiz ard will launch Click Next to continue Specify your partition type as Primary and click Next The wizard will display the maxi mum partition size for your drive It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default value Click Next Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology miniStack v3 ...

Page 14: ...le to specify the file system as NTFS Leave the Allocation unit size as Default and feel free to give the drive whatever name you prefer Be sure to check the box Perform a quick format If you do not it will likely take several hours for your drive to format Click Next At the end of the Wizard you will see a summary of the information that you specified during the previous steps Click Finish Chapte...

Page 15: ...e represented as Disk E in this case will display a message of Formatting This should only take a couple of minutes if you chose the quick format option After a moment or two the drive s status will change from Format ting to Healthy Chapter 2 Formatting Newer Technology MiniStack v3 ...

Page 16: ...e icon on the Mac disk just to keep things clear You can access files on the Mac disk just like you would with a Windows formatted disk Open files from the disk or from within a program Mac files automatically get the right icons and file name extensions under both Windows and Mac OS Works great with software from Microsoft Adobe Quark FileMaker Avid Digidesign Corel NewTek and more You can find M...

Page 17: ...a is lost always eject or unmount the drive from your operating system before powering off There are two methods to umount disks with Macintosh systems Either drag the icon for the hard disk you wish to dismount to the trash can or click the eject icon next to the hard disk name in under the DEVICES tab in the sidebar in any finder window For Windows systems 1 Go to the System Tray located in the ...

Page 18: ...e hard drives spin down when my computer goes into to sleep or stand by mode A Yes they will spin down to save energy It will take about 30 seconds to access your data after being in sleep or stand by mode 4 2 About Data Backup To ensure that your files are protected and to prevent the loss of your data we strongly suggest that you keep two copies of your data One copy on your Newer Technology Min...

Page 19: ...rial number of the enclosure Your invoice number What operating system you are using Which kind and model of computer you are using All of this will help speed your support contact along 5 1 Before Contacting Customer Service 5 2 Customer Service Hours Of Operation 5 CUSTOMER SERVICE Newer Technology miniStack v3 Chapter 5 Customer Service Telephone 815 308 7001 8AM 10PM CST Monday Friday 9AM 4PM ...

Page 20: ...nect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Health And Safety Precautions Use proper anti static precautions while performing the installation of your hard drives into this drive enclosure Failure to do so can cause damage to your drive mechanisms and or the hard drive enclosure Read this User s Guide carefully and follow the correct procedur...

Reviews: